Chapter 204
Seoul, Korea
University Hospital of Seoul
Evie and Mauri exchanged looks.
“Are you certain?” Evie asked.
Agent Han nodded. “The one that attacked my son has been identified as the same that shot your daughter in-law, and this is proof she is the one that supplied the unidentified stalker with the explosives that nearly killed your youngest son.”
Mauri nodded, closing the report. “These types of allegations can cause an international incident. It is not one I would want my family name associated with,” he warned.
Agent Han continued to stand there, looking at him.
The threat wasn’t missed.
“How many know of this connection?” Mauri asked.
“Only myself, you, my son and your daughter in-law,” Agent Han said. “That realization is what caused her to faint… That, and not eating for a day, getting shot, nearly drowned, and trying to be the peacekeeper as usual.”
Evie smiled. “Thank you for keeping this information on a need to know priority,” she said.
“It will not stay buried in paperwork,” Agent Han warned. “The Russian that was apprehended at the hotel, I believe, was a pawn.”
That, Evie already deduced.
“Yes, he was,” she agreed. “He did not talk, of course, but he was the one that most likely supplied the explosives and tried to snatch the client.”
“They were not the same as those taken en route to destruction?” Agent Han asked.
Mauri shook his head. “No. Those were disposed of accordingly. The route was attacked, but the goods were transported by a different means. What they got was tofu.”
Agent Han tried not to, but he smirked. “Ingenious,” he commented.
Mauri nodded. “My wife is rather impressive when it comes to stopping those that try to do what she once did,” he agreed. “There is a reason why she is feared by nearly all governments and clandestine operations. Singlehandedly, she has helped create nearly all of the guidelines that governments use when it comes to contraband containment and disposal.”
Agent Han bowed. “It is an honor.”
“I know,” Evie said. “The one that injured your son, I have gotten word they were relieved of their duties and are being held in custody at the hotel until your agents can retrieve them. Will that satisfy your need for atonement for the injuries your son sustained?”
Agent Han wasn’t amused. “Your son’s injuries are far more severe. The damage to the building, the now hundred homeless Koreans, are of a greater severity than the injuries my son sustained. I understand that, and your eerily level acceptance of this information leads me to believe that you are plotting the demise of the one responsible.”
She smirked. “Am I truly that transparent?”
“Yes,” Agent Han said in a clipped tone.
Mauri shook his head, causing his wife’s mouth to close. “This matter will be handled in the Imperial Court,” he said. “The attack on Seon Rain, alone, is considered treason in the eyes of the Emperor and it will be dealt with accordingly. As parents of wronged children, atonement, in the end, we shall have and then some.”
That, oddly enough, made Agent Han satisfied that the one who hurt so many would be dealt with accordingly and with extreme prejudice.
“My son was taken home by his mother. She will make sure he stays up per the doctor’s orders because of his concussion. I will oversee the relocation of the suspect personally,” Agent Han said with a bow. “If there is a change, please let me know.”
Mauri bowed in return and they watched the Agent hurry down the hallway to the elevators so he could oversee transporting Ryo to NIS custody.
“I like him,” Evie said.
“Because he has murder on the mind like you,” Mauri said, turning on his heels and went down the hallway to check on the others.
Evie followed and wrapped her arm around his waist. “It has a nice ring to it,” she commented.
“What?”
“Daughter in-law,” she said, as if it were obvious. “The chemistry is undeniable, Kita is so much happier now that she is in his life, and I picked up a fabulous gown in Spain that would be perfect for the mother of the groom.”
Mauri gave her a look. “Your priorities are as questionable as your sense of romance,” he informed her.
Evie batted her lashed, pulling him into her. “Oh hush. I heard you talking to Lucien about setting his big brother up with the young woman. You like her just as much I do, and she is perfect for our sullen eldest son. Now, we need to make them believe it instead of just playing it for the cameras.”
They continued down the hall, arm in arm, heading back to Lucien’s room.
As they started to pass the private waiting room on that floor, they stopped.
Sitting on the floor was Kita and Rain.
Somehow, Kita had procured Rain friendly food and she was shoveling it in her mouth at an alarming rate while he watched her intently, taking his time eating.
“How she does not weigh a metric ton is beyond me,” Evie said, shaking her head.
Mauri nodded his agreement, watching Kita use a napkin to wipe the sauce off Rain’s chin.
“Are you enjoying the show?” Kita asked, looking to his parents.
They smiled.
Rain waved for the two to join them. “Come. There might be enough for all of us.”
Kita shook his head, giving her the rest of his tteokbokki.
There wasn’t enough for all of them, not with how much she eats.
“Are you sure?” Rain asked, taking it.
He nodded. “You fainted from not eating and pretending to need me when you got stitched up. Eat.”
Rain blushed. “I was trying to keep you from getting murdery again,” she said before shoving a heaping bite in her mouth. “Admit it, you needed to hold my hand more than I needed you to.”
Kita cocked an eyebrow.
Rain smiled wide; she was right.
Mauri joined them, folding himself down to the floor and Evie slipped out of her heels before joining them. “I cannot understand you Koreans and your Mayak Gimbap,” he said, taking the chopsticks his son was offering him then he took one of the mayak gimbap and shoved it in his mouth. “Needs raw fish,” he teased with his mouth full.
Rain laughed; Mauri reminded her of Kita so much that it was eerie at times. “Your son says the thing, and yet he got four dozen and will eat most of them himself.”
Kita nodded his agreement.
This dinner would mark the calm before the storm, they knew, so they would enjoy it because it could very well be the last that they get to have as a family.
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